…and if you get fifty people a day…

…it's a movement!

Via Talk Left, news of some significant allies in the fight for the Constitution…

People For the American Way Foundation (PFAW), the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), NARAL Pro-Choice America, the Sierra Club, and the Alliance for Justice have released this Statement on Bipartisan Discussions Regarding the Judicial Confirmation Process:

○ We oppose strongly the nuclear option and the efforts to eliminate the filibuster, the last check and balance in the legislative branch of the federal government. The Frist-Lott-Rove attempts to change Senate rules by breaking them are unprecedented and irresponsible. We oppose any effort to take away the right of any Senator to filibuster now or in the future.

Saving the independent judiciary requires and deserves at least as comprehensive and cohesive an effort as the battle to save Social Security from the destructionists. Good to see such a broad expanse of progressive America under a single banner.